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1
Q

Which four sensory modalities does the Anterolateral Sytem relay?

A

Pain
Temperature
Non-discriminative touch
Pressure

2
Q

Which three sensory modalities do the Dorsal Columns relay?

A

Tactile sense
Vibratory sense
Positional sense

3
Q

Which sensory modalities do the somatosensory pathways to the cerebellum relay?

A

Proprioception

4
Q

Name the five Anterolateral systems?

A
Spinohypothalamic tract
Spinotectal tract 
Spinomesencephalic tract
Spinoreticular tract
Spinothalamic tract
5
Q

Name the two Dorsal columns?

A

Fasiculus Cuniatus - lateral

Fasiculus Gracilis - medial

6
Q

Name the three Somatosensory pathways to the cerebellum?

A

Rostral spinocerebellar tract
Posterior spinocerebellar tract - Ipsi-lateral
Anterior spinocerebellar tract - Contra-lateral

7
Q

Within the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, which laminae does Pain and Temperature synapse into?

A

Laminae I/II

8
Q

Within the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, which laminae does proprioception synapse into?

A

Laminae V

9
Q

Within the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, which laminae does mechanoreception synapse into?

A

Laminae III/IV

10
Q

Which tract does ‘conscious proprioception and fine touch’ ascend within and how does it travel?

A

Dorsal column - Ipsilateral

11
Q

Which tract does ‘pain and temperature’ ascend within and how does it travel?

A

Lateral spinothalamic tract - contralateral

12
Q

Which tract does ‘pressure and crude touch’ ascend within and how does it travel?

A

Anterior spinothalamic - contralateral

13
Q

How does the cerebellum receive Ipsilateral proprioception?

A

Fibres travelling ipsilaterally travel up the Posterior spinocerebellar tract
Fibres travelling contralaterally travel up the Anterior spinocerbellar tract and enter the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle.

14
Q

Which tract is affected by sensory ataxia?

A

Dorsal columns

15
Q

In sensory ataxia, the loss of concious proprioception leads to what symptoms?

A

Broad gait + stomping

Positive Rhomberg’s sign

16
Q

In sensory ataxia, the loss of fine touch leads to what symptoms?

A

loss of two-point discrimination

17
Q

Where does fine touch from the face go to?

A

Chief sensory nucleus of V passing contralateral beyond this point

18
Q

Where does pain and temperature from the head and neck go to?

A

Spinal nucleus of V (continuous with dorsal horn laminae I/II), it passes contralaterally beyond this point

19
Q

After fine touch fibres have crossed over inside the lower medulla, which fibre tract takes them to the thalamus?

A

Medial lemniscus

20
Q

How does the posterior spinocerebellar tract enter the cerebellum?

A

Via the inferior cerebellar peduncle

21
Q

Pain and temperature fibres from the thalamus go to which three places?

A

Insula
Primary somatosensory cortex (post-central gyrus)
Cingulate gyrus (limbic system)